Maps & Atlases will be making a stop at The 7th Street Entry on Tuesday, May 29th for a can’t miss show. In a musical landscape pitted with pop stars and pigeonholes, Maps & Atlases defy easy categorization, choosing to walk their own incomparable path. Beware and Be Grateful (2012) builds upon the Chicago-based band’s acclaimed Barsuk debut, Perch Patchwork(2010), melding their trademark experimentalism with a more direct — though no less beguiling — songcraft. The album abounds with invention, spanning hymnal harmonies, percolating rhythms, even, in the case of centerpiece track “Silver Self”, a full-on guitar solo. Songs like “Remote and Dark Years” and “Winter” are gloriously liquid and lyrical, channeling M&A’s maximalist creativity into a truly inviting brand of boundary-busting, asymmetrical pop.
This Tuesday night show will be the kickoff for Map & Atlases tour in support of their new release ‘Lightness Is Nothing New’. The band’s fifth studio album will be released on June 1. The first single from the album titled “Fall Apart” has been unveiled for your listening pleasure below. Pre-orders for the release on vinyl and CD can be made here. Digital pre-orders can be made on iTunes. This will be the first release without founding member Erin Elders, who left the band in 2015. Lightlessness Is Nothing New will be the follow up to their 2012 studio album Beware and Be Grateful.
Local group Yana will be kicking off the night. With very little about this band to be found online, I am super excited for what they could bring to the table. I mean, let’s be honest, we clearly have the best music scene in the country so it’s safe to assume that these guys will be amazing and get the night started off on the right foot.
Tickets are still available here.
Tour Dates:
May 29 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
June 1 – Seattle, WA – Upstream Music Festival
June 2 – Spokane, WA – Volume Music Festival
June 3 – Portland, OR – Holocene
June 6 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
June 7 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
June 8 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
June 9 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
June 10 – Albuquerque, NM – Sister Bar
June 12 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
June 13 – Austin, TX – Scoot Inn
June 14 – Houston, TX – White Oak Upstairs
June 15 – New Orleans, LA – Parish @ House of Blues
June 16 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre
June 17 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle (Back Room)
June 19 – Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
June 20 – New York, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
June 21 – Boston, MA – Sonia
June 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
June 23 – Pittsburgh, PA – Cattivo
June 24 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
June 26 – Columbus, OH – Rumba
June 27 – Detroit, MI – El Club
June 28 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
June 30 – Cincinnati, OH – Fountain Square Music Series
